Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman off Montauk

Coast Guard suspends search for fisherman off Montauk

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have suspended the search for a crew member of a commercial fishing boat who went overboard off eastern Long Island. The U.S. Coast Guard says the fishing vessel Hope and Sydney sent a distress call at 11:20 p.m. Saturday reporting that 32-year-old crew member Carl Whitney had gone overboard. The Coast Guard says Whitney wasn’t wearing a life jacket. The search was suspended Sunday.

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